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echo: philos
to: WILLIAM ELLIOT
from: ANDREW CUMMINS
date: 1998-01-11 14:53:00
subject: Causation

 -=> Quoting William Elliot to John Boone <=-
 JB> Said logically, if A causes B, then A preceeds B; 
 JB> however, it is illogical to say, if A preceeds B, then A causes B.  
 X->Y, but not Y->X.  not X==Y.
 WE> I wonder if quantum mechanics could pose a counter example to
 WE> causation implies precedence?  Perhaps you can use this argument to
 WE> prove time travel is impossible.  Seems, various time paradoxes have
 WE> revolved about this point as discussed by various SF writers.
I see you're of the moron school of thought when it comes
to quantum mechanics: Because we haven't identified a cause,
the event must be uncaused.  And, to add hypocrisy to injury,
I bet you whine about people attributing God to unknown causes.
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